There was a row of wagons parked on the street outside the gate of the comptoir, and these wagons were waiting outside the merchanthouse early in the morning to pull goods.The workers brought out huge wooden boxes from the warehouse, and the full-time clerk counted the quantities of goods, and then loaded them into the wagons, and then the shopkeepers of the shops were not in a hurry to leave, they would ask the coachman to drive the wagons to a farther place, and then several people gathered together, just under the pavilion in front of the merchant, took out the walnut pipe, knocked out the ashes inside, filled them with a pinch of thin tobacco, Meimei took a puff, and then spewed out a few smoke rings.There will always be some common topics among shop owners, such as the current market price of various goods, of course, there will be some people who like to exaggerate the problem a little, saying that their shop is crowded every day, the floor is about to be trampled, and the goods in the store are also selling high, but the actual situation is unknown.There are also people who implicitly say that their shops are not so prosperous, and the goods are not selling well, but in fact, they sell more than anyone else.The shopkeepers were more or less a small circle of people who specialized in the exotic goods of the orc tribes.In the past few years, the vermicelli brought by the orc tribe swept the imperial capital, and guinea pig meat, which has always been regarded as a meat that only rural people can eat, was once put on the table of nobles, and luncheon meat and meat floss bricks have also become a must-have for nobles when they go out.However, in the past two years, the banquets of the nobles of the imperial capital have gradually disappeared from this classic dish handed down by the tribe.As for the sales of luncheon meat and meat floss bricks in the imperial capital, because those stupid orcs bundled corpse fire oil with luncheon meat and meat floss bricks to sell together, in order to be able to buy enough corpse fire oil, Ma had to bring back a large number of canned luncheon meat boxes and meat floss bricks from the orc tribes of the Pai Plateau, and I paired these lunch heads, meat floss bricks with baked wheat cakes, and turned them into high-end marching rations, which were supplied to the constructed knights of the North Wind Legion, It can be regarded as an internal digestion of a large number of canned luncheon meat and meat floss bricks that seem to be a little unsalable on the side of the commercial house.It's just that I didn't expect to run to the Qige Merchant House this time, but I saw another scene, the carriage waiting to pull the goods outside the merchant house was discharged far away, and the workers in the merchant house were carrying a large wooden box full of luncheon meat outside, the tribal-style wooden box was strong and heavy, and the traces of the wooden planks being cut by knives and axes were still left on it, and these wooden boxes were quite rough, and some canned boxes of luncheon meat could be clearly seen through the gaps.I sat side by side on the stone railing across the alley, watching the vendors come out of the gate with their servants at the door of the merchant, and at the merchants coming and going at the door of the merchant, and the two of us seemed to be bystanders.The horse wore an ordinary white shirt and tight-legged breeches with long leather boots, which was especially popular this summer, and the people in the imperial capital didn't seem to care how hot the weather was, no matter how hot it was, they liked to wear a pair of long leather boots, even if the sweat could pickle the boots white.Ma was one of them, and after he took off his old-fashioned black-and-gray magic robe, he seemed to be ten years younger.I didn't wear magic robes either, nor did I wear a noble badge on my chest, I felt like I should settle down, I didn't like standing in the crowd and being surrounded by those eyes full of awe, and I felt more comfortable in the Seventh Block.On this hot summer day, I put on a white shirt like a horse, wore a pair of primary-colored bloomers cut out of demonic spider silk cloth on the lower half of my body, and wore a pair of herringbone wooden slippers, and sat on a stone railing under the shade of a tree, and there was a wooden cart selling shaved ice beside me, and the owner of the stall mixed two large cups of crushed ice filled with honey and red bean paste for us, and the stall owner had been setting up a stall in front of the Qige Firm all summer, knowing that the young man in front of me, who was missing an arm, was in charge of the gorgeous shop opposite.
There was a flattering smile between his eyebrows, and he even gave each of us a leather cushion to rest on the stone railing.Ma held the cup of shaved ice in one hand and frowned slightly, this was a problem for him, if he held this smoothie in his hand, then he could not use the wooden spoon inserted in the smoothie, but if he wanted to get the wooden spoon, then he was destined to put this smoothie on the railing, so that it tasted very twisted.The clever stall owner brought a high chair and placed it in front of the horse, and solved the horse's troubles at once, but did not take the initiative to talk to us, and returned to the wooden cart to continue waiting for the person who came to buy ice.The horse scooped up a large spoonful of smoothie and put it into his mouth, and said vaguely as he ate, "Is the war on the Hiero Plane over so soon?"
”I tossed the soft red bean paste, stirred the maple syrup and ice chips, took a sip of the sweet ice water, and replied without looking up, "Yes, we have defeated the Nebru spiders, and if you have the chance, you should go with Spee to Hierro to have a look, there is a beautiful forest there." ”Ma sat up straight, glanced at the shopkeepers at the door of the merchant house across the street, and then turned to me and said, "Okay, if everything is on the right track here at the merchant house, I can think about it." ”If the canned luncheon meat and meat floss bricks had been sold so hotly by the comptoir last month, I might not have used those canned luncheon meats as marching rations."
It seems that business on the part of the comptoir is good, at least much better than before."
Seeing the cars coming and going in front of the commercial house, I said with emotion.Ma smiled and said: "Yes, someone has been asking about the price of canned luncheon meat and meat floss bricks recently, and I have received two large orders in a row in the past few days, if it weren't for the fact that two airships have arrived in the imperial capital full of supplies recently, I am worried that I will not be able to provide you with enough marching rations." ”I said to Ma, "The marketing strategy developed by the commercial house here is not bad!"
I thought you still need to run in a little more to turn around the bad situation on the side of the comptoir, I didn't expect to be able to get into the state so quickly. ”Ma looked at me blankly and asked me, "Didn't these shop owners come here because of your connection?"
Seeing me shake my head, Ma said to me with a wry smile: "I just negotiated with the Imperial Capital Opera House, rented a booth in the Imperial Capital Opera House, and when the Opera House reopened, I would sell the goods of these orc tribes at the Opera House.Ma asked me, "Jijia, why do you think these shop owners would suddenly come over and buy these canned meat?"
”"How do I know?"
I replied crisply."
Then I'll let people know" Ma put the wooden spoon in his hand into the cup, crossed the road and ran directly to the door of the opposite shop, and gathered into the crowd of those shopkeepers, I found that these shopkeepers didn't know the horse, only that Ma was a young shopkeeper, and he didn't pay much attention to it, and a group of people were chatting with themselves.At first, the horse was a little unspeakable.But it didn't take long for Ma to get acquainted with the shopkeepers with his eloquence, and he joined the group of gossip troops.I sat on the stone railing and was bored, so I could only sit here quietly in a daze."
You seem to be really idle!"
A gentle and familiar voice came, I turned my head to look over and found that Ying Li was standing in the shade of a tree in a white knowledge robe, Helena and Becky were standing beside her, in addition, there was also a group of female classmates from the Royal Academy of Magic by Ying Li's side, and the elf girl Tinuville was also among them, that group of girls had seen me at the Royal Academy of Magic, and they also knew my relationship with Ying Li, but they had never had such close contact, and the magical girls looked at me curiously.I jumped off the railing, stared at by so many eyes, which made me a little unnatural, and I asked Ying Li, "Uh, aren't you participating in the plane tour of the Royal Academy of Magic?"
How did you end up here?
”Probably because there were too many female classmates around to win Li, Helena didn't come over to hug me for the first time.Ying Li walked out of the middle of the girls, stood in front of me naturally, smiled at me demurely, and said, "It's over!"
The Dark Legion of the Abyss had also discovered the Forward Scout of the Dark Legion over there, and the Academy was worried that something would happen like last summer, so our trip to the Plane ended hastily ahead of schedule. ”Unexpectedly, the plane exploration tour organized by the Royal Academy of Magic ended hastily again.I wondered how these female magicians from the Royal Academy of Magic had come together to the seventh block, which was either a slum or a few workshops, and few nobles would hang out here, so I asked Ying Li, "But how did you get to the seventh block?"
”Ying Li said to me: "The plan we made this summer is to learn the new recipe of magic herbs, and we also want to try to mix some potions by ourselves, this plane trip has nothing to gain, so I want to buy some magic herbs in the imperial capital to practice the herbal formula, I didn't expect that the magic shop façade here in the imperial capital looks quite large, and the potions placed in the counter are basically used to support the scene, either the price is ridiculously high, or it is not sold to the outside world, and the magic herbs we need are not available at all." ”"So you guys come here," I suddenly realized that Ying Li didn't know that this firm belonged to Qige."
I heard that there is a trading house here that occasionally sells magic herbs, so I came here to try my luck!"
Ying Li glanced at the alley and said to me.Among the group of girls behind Ying Li, there was a chubby girl with black-rimmed round glasses who chattered and said: "Ying Li, it's the other side, I heard that the boss behind this trading house has a very good background and has always been in contact with the tribal orcs on the Pai Plateau. ”After the girl finished speaking, she and Ying Li said in unison: "This trading house is opened by His Royal Highness Qige!"
”Ying Li: "This business house was opened by Qi Ge?
”The two sentences overlapped, and Ying Li's eyes widened, and she thought of Qige's monopoly on trade with the orc tribes on the Pai Plateau in the imperial capital.I nodded, grabbed my hair with my hand, and said to Ying Li: "Before Qi Ge leaves, let me help her take care of this trading house, if you need magic herbs, you don't need to come here, I can help you get it" probably knowing that Ying Li and I still have a lot to say, these magic academy female magic students naturally have no way to stand awkwardly behind Ying Li all the time, and the elf beauty Tinuville in the crowd of female magic students opened her mouth and proposed to everyone: "Since Ying Li has a situation today, I think today's activities will end here, I'm going to invite everyone to the Silver Moon Elf Restaurant on the Fifth Block for a big meal, does anyone want to go?
”Ying Li glanced at Ti Nuvel with a grateful look, and said to the group of girls with apologetic eyes that he would not participate in the next activities, and said that the club activities would continue tomorrow, and everyone would gather at the door of the laboratory of the Royal Academy of Magic.So the group of magicians from the Academy of Magic gathered around Tinuvel and left on a chattering note, and it was not hard to imagine that their topic would be about me next.It didn't take long for the magicians to walk out of the alley.Under the stunned eyes of the freezing stall owner on the side, the delicate Helena rushed up directly to give me a warm hug, followed by Becky, although she still blushes when she hugs me, but her body no longer rejects me, I can feel the symmetry of her body, the firmness of her skin.I pulled Ying Li to sit on the stone railing on the side of the street, looked at the door of the commercial house that seemed to be a little lively across the street, looked at the red bean smoothie that was almost completely melted in my hand, and asked Ying Li, "Do you want a drink?"
”I could feel the expectant eyes of the stall owners on the side.Ying Li didn't seem to have any intention of eating the freezing sup, she reached out and took the cup in my hand, and said very casually: "Just eat yours" She saw that the ice in the cup almost completely melted into a glass of sugar water, and the red bean paste all sank to the bottom of the cup, so she couldn't help but smile and said to me: "Hey!
The ice chips in you are about to melt, so you won't help me add some ice!
”When she laughs, two cute dimples appear on her face."
Boss, help me add a spoonful of ice," I beckoned to the stall owner, who refilled a glass with a warm smile on his face, and I shoved him fifteen copper plates, and motioned for him to give Helena and Becky one each.Ying Li tilted his head and looked at me with a smile: "Aren't you an ice magician?"
Why do you need the stall owner to add ice to you?
You won't add it yourself!
”I think she's become a lot more cheerful this summer, and she rarely talks to me with this kind of rhetorical question before.In the face of Ying Li's questioning, of course, I unceremoniously replied: "You are still a fire magician!"
Do you use candles at home at night?
”"Poof"